Harpsichord and angel

Unknown


Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
ca. 1500
Technique / Medium:
wood carving

    Item location

  • St. Wendreda Church (March, Cambridgeshire, England)
    Base of roof wall-post, north 6.

Description

Harpsichord with 8 keys and 17 strings, held flat against the chest, almost the same as the psaltery would be, were it to be cut in half.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harpsichord [2251]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 9, plate 19. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4141